[Sepha Helen Edmunds in a school photograph in 1891]

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A group photograph of school children, including Helen Edmunds Moore, at the age of 11. Twenty-nine children, including both boys and girls, are arranged in three rows for the group photograph. The children are dressed in dress clothing, with the girls wearing long dresses, and the boys wearing long-sleeved shirts and dark pants. Some of the girls wear pinafores over their dresses; some of the boys wear suit jackets. One child, in the middle of the picture, is noticeably younger than the others and still wears the long white clothes of a very young child. Boys in the first row … continued below

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1 photographic print : b&w ; 6 x 10 in.

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Graham, W. W. 1891.

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  • Graham, W. W. W. W. Graham View artist 1431 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. Tel. 1440

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  • W. W. Graham
    Publisher Info: W. W. Graham was a photographer with offices in Kansas City, Missouri
    Place of Publication: Kansas City, Missouri

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A group photograph of school children, including Helen Edmunds Moore, at the age of 11. Twenty-nine children, including both boys and girls, are arranged in three rows for the group photograph. The children are dressed in dress clothing, with the girls wearing long dresses, and the boys wearing long-sleeved shirts and dark pants. Some of the girls wear pinafores over their dresses; some of the boys wear suit jackets. One child, in the middle of the picture, is noticeably younger than the others and still wears the long white clothes of a very young child. Boys in the first row sit cross-legged on the ground. Helen Edmunds Moore is in the second row, fourth from the left with a handwritten "x me" below her torso. On the back of the photograph is written: "Jack Louden, Ed Sitzler, Clifford Everett, Tod Kirk, Robert Henry Heraker 1891 Nina Fyfe, Nellie Sharp, Josie Fish, Daisy Eteen, Susie [Eteen], Gladys Jacobs, Mariah Deathrige, Ora Zeigler, Zelma Eldridge, Lettie Chandler, Jennie Gray, Sepha Helen Edmunds 11 years of age." Stamped on the back of the photograph is "W. W. Graham, View Artist, 1431 Walnut St., Tel. 1440, Kansas City, Mo."

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1 photographic print : b&w ; 6 x 10 in.

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The photographic print 4.5 x 7.25 in. mounted on a mat (6 x 10 in.) in poor condition with missing pieces.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2006

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  • 1891

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  • January 1, 1891 - December 31, 1891

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  • July 20, 2006, 9:45 a.m.

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  • March 3, 2023, 12:28 p.m.

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Graham, W. W. [Sepha Helen Edmunds in a school photograph in 1891], photograph, 1891; Kansas City, Missouri. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15220/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Moore Memorial Public Library.

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